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Genealogy
tip for today: Searching for Businesses
I learned something last week, by trial and error,
which I had never done. I thought I would share it with you, because you may
not know you can do this - I had a patron ask me if I could find an news article
about a business.
We have the local newspaper on microfilm but they
are in chronological order. She didn't know the exact date, but knew it was
early in the 1970’s. Still that was not close enough. A murder had occurred at
this business but she also didn't remember any names involved either!
I didn't have a lot to go on. I tried googling it
but got nothing. The search did pull up newspaperarchives.com but that required
a subscription that I didn't want to do for the time being. I wanted to wait till “push
comes to shove.”
I decided to try Ancestry.com. I’m very familiar with
searching for a person’s name but I had never tried a business before. I
thought I would try the card catalog. Again, it usually researches by title, or
keywords in a title. But I thought I would try the business name in the keyword
search.
I stumbled around a little bit at first but came
across “newspapers and publications”. From there it gave the choice of
newspapers or publications, of which
I chose newspapers. Next it took me to a geographical list and I clicked
on Arkansas, then “Northwest Arkansas Times” – just what I needed.
Once again I typed in “Empire Seed Company” in the
N.A.T database. Lo and behold the company’s name popped up in a news article
(besides lots of ads) with the comment about a man’s body! Woo Hoo. Bingo! I found it!
In the end I found out the murdered man’s name, who
committed the crime and information on his trial, as well as the date of the
event. Altogether, I was able to pull up 6 articles! YEAH!
If you want to try this, here are the steps I took:
-click on
Search
-card
catalog
-all
categories
-newspapers and publications
-newspapers
-USA/Arkansas
-Northwest Arkansas Times
-Name of business (e.g. Empire Seed Company)
Like I said above, searching a name of a person is
what we are all familiar with, what we naturally think about doing. But this is
one little trick in broadening your search for more than people when using
Ancestry.com*
[*Disclaimer: This
is not an endorsement of any product, just the experience of the writer. This
may or may not give you the same results.]
“History – it’s who
we are; Genealogy – it’s who I am” sg
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the comments section below. We just want to know if the information we provide
to you is beneficial in anyway.
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Richard II, son of Edward the Black Prince.
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Joan of Arc, French Saint and national heroine.
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Charles Sumner, anti-slavery senator from Massachusetts.
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1878
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Carl Sandburg, U.S. journalist, poet and biographer.
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1882
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Sam Rayburn, U.S. Congressman from Texas & Speaker of
the House (1940-46, 1949-53).
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1899
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Heinz Nordhoff, German engineer, named managing director
of the Volkswagen plant at Wolfsburg after World War II; under his leadership
the Volkswagen Beetle became a worldwide phenomenon.
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1900
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Maria of Romania, Queen of Yugoslavia; wife of King
Alexander.
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1912
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Danny Thomas, actor, producer, philanthropist; founder of
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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1913
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Loretta Young, actress; won Academy Award for The
Farmer's Daughter (1947).
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1924
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Earl Scruggs, musician; popularized the finger-picking
style of banjo playing; blended rock and bluegrass.
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1935
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Queen Margarita of Bulgaria (Dona Margarita Gomez-Acebo y
Cejuela).
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1937
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Lou Holtz, college football coach; television sports
commentator.
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1944
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Bonnie Franklin, actress (One Day at a Time TV
series).
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Syd Barrett, musician, singer, songwriter; founding member
of the band Pink Floyd.
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Nancy Lopez, pro golfer; won LPGA Championship (1978,
1985) and Mazda LPGA Championship (1989).
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Order
is good. Mostly. It makes sure that the earth will go around the sun in the
same way as it has in the past, and bring summer to ripen the mangoes. Patterns
are good too -- most of the time. They help us find our shoes easily among an
array of other pairs.
But if we stick too much to the same order and pattern, we lose. We lose the opportunity to discover new lands, new paths, new flowers, new ways, and new words!
Sometimes the break in order is by choice and at times it's forced, as when you lose a job. Often it's a blessing in disguise. It's an opportunity to explore and discover what remained hidden on the old path.
This week's words have no order, pattern, or theme. But they're all interesting.
But if we stick too much to the same order and pattern, we lose. We lose the opportunity to discover new lands, new paths, new flowers, new ways, and new words!
Sometimes the break in order is by choice and at times it's forced, as when you lose a job. Often it's a blessing in disguise. It's an opportunity to explore and discover what remained hidden on the old path.
This week's words have no order, pattern, or theme. But they're all interesting.
repletion
PRONUNCIATION:
(ri-PLEE-shuhn)
MEANING:
noun: The condition of
being completely filled or satisfied.
ETYMOLOGY:
Via
French, from Latin replere, from re- (back, again) + plere (to fill), from
plenus (full). Earliest documented use: 1398.
USAGE:
"Her
body tingled with repletion and yet she was somehow unsatisfied."
Susan Swann; The Ritual of Pearls; Little, Brown; 1995.
Susan Swann; The Ritual of Pearls; Little, Brown; 1995.
My
own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral
progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual
suffering and individual joy. -George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), novelist
(1819-1880)
Today’s
Recipe
Soups
for Cold Winter Days
Ham
and Yam Soup!
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| (This is NOT a picture of my soup, but is similar.) |
The other day I posted a Spiral Ham and Sweet Potato Soup. I decided
to make a version of this soup. I didn't have the exact ingredients, but I was
close. I had leftover ham (I don’t remember what ‘flavor’,) and three yams I
had not yet cooked. So I decided to adapt the recipe a bit. I went to the
store, bought a quart of whole milk, and grabbed a container that said sour
cream.
When I got home, I sliced up the ham, washed and cut up the yams
to boil. After the ham was diced I put it in another larger pan with the milk
and turned it on low. While the potatoes boiled, I opened the sour cream to add
to the milk and ham. When I raised the lid, it looked funny. I wondered if it
was spoiled. I discovered that I had bought sour cream and chive dip! I added
it anyway; I figured the chives may give it an unexpected flavor.
In 20 minutes the potatoes were cooked. I poured most of the
water from them into the milk to make about a half-gallon. The potatoes I put
into the blender and made them mush.
With that done, I added them to the soup mixture and stirred
them until they “dissolved” in the liquid. I turned up the heat to medium,
stirring constantly till the soup was hot, and then served it up in soup bowls.
I did not add salt and/or pepper, which you could, to your
taste. This was surprisingly good tasting and great for a cold winter day. It
also works well after the holidays with the leftovers!
Ingredients:
Ham, sliced and diced (1-2 lbs?)
3 raw sweet potatoes, cut into chunks and boiled (leave on peel)
1 quart of whole milk
8-16 oz. sour cream and chive dip
1 quart (give or take) of the potato water
Directions:
Wash and cut up the yams into 2-3” chunks, unpeeled. Boil.
Slice and dice the ham into ½” cubes
Add milk and dip to ham in large pot and turn on low. Watch that
the milk doesn't scorch. Stir constantly/frequently.
When done add potato water to soup mix.
Blend potatoes till they are all mashed/pureed. (option: remove
peelings)
Add blended potatoes to soup mix and stir to ‘dissolve’ the
potatoes evenly throughout the milk mixture.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Option: sprinkle miniature marshmallows on top just before
serving.
Serve hot.
6-8 servings
Not peeling the potatoes and using the potato water makes this
soup a little healthier. You can use other milk (2%, skim), but the soup will
be thinner. Fat free sour cream or dip also reduces the calories, as well as no
marshmallows.
ENJOY!
Now You Know!
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